State comparison · 2025
Materials Engineers salary: Alabama vs New Mexico
Materials Engineers in New Mexico earn a median of $165,600. In Alabama, $107,580. After cost-of-living, the gap is 32.5% — not 35%.
Nominal pay gap
-35%
Alabama vs New Mexico
COL-adjusted gap
-32.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $107,580
- p25
- $83,880
- p75
- $137,620
- p10
- $69,260
- p90
- $168,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -60%
New Mexico
Materials Engineers
- Median
- $165,600
- p25
- $160,340
- p75
- $197,900
- p10
- $126,640
- p90
- $204,400
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.2
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +171%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.